{"id":728,"date":"2011-10-29T07:18:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T07:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=728"},"modified":"2013-11-11T07:37:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T07:37:34","slug":"mondrian-integration-and-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Mondrian &#8211; (Integration and Rhythm)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_729\" style=\"width: 985px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Piet-Mondrian-Tree-on-the-Kalfj-1902-reduced-.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-729\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-729\" title=\"Piet Mondrian - Tree on the Kalfje- 1902 - reduced\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Piet-Mondrian-Tree-on-the-Kalfj-1902-reduced-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"975\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Piet-Mondrian-Tree-on-the-Kalfj-1902-reduced-.jpg 975w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Piet-Mondrian-Tree-on-the-Kalfj-1902-reduced--300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Piet-Mondrian-Tree-on-the-Kalfj-1902-reduced--481x300.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piet Mondrian - Tree on the Kalfje - 1902 - 23 5 x 37.5 cm - oil on canvas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This small painting by Mondrian shows us how an excellent artist considers the composition even when quickly done.\u00a0 Can you feel the connection between the tree and the bridge?\u00a0 This is superb integration.\u00a0 Another very sensitive integration is provided when your eye follows the river bank from the right of the painting, then connecting to a delicate branch which embraces the bridge, (see detail).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Piet-Mondrian-Tree-on-the-Kalfj-1902-reduced-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-731 alignleft\" title=\"Piet Mondrian - Tree on the Kalfj - 1902 - reduced\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Piet-Mondrian-Tree-on-the-Kalfj-1902-reduced-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a>This painting also has a consideration which has stayed with me for years, that wonderful cross at the bottom right.\u00a0 Why is it there?\u00a0 It actually is a structural element, providing an oblique movement when you sense the parallel with the pruned branch.\u00a0 It also completes the integrating eye paths by directing your eye back up to the river bank.\u00a0 And on top of that the vertical of the cross is part of a rhythm of the tree trunk and the two sensitive verticals to the left.<\/p>\n<p>The painting was probably done quickly, which is all the more impressive.\u00a0 A composition does not have to be complex to be great, and this is a fantastic composition.<\/p>\n<p>May I also mention another branch at the left which bends down, providing containment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This small painting by Mondrian shows us how an excellent artist considers the composition even when quickly done.\u00a0 Can you feel the connection between the tree and the bridge?\u00a0 This is superb integration.\u00a0 Another very sensitive integration is provided when &hellip; 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